[pcgoode]

ESPN's take:

Sherman: Ertz is a promising talent, and he’ll have good days in 2016. I’m just not expecting to see one of them Friday night, especially as left tackle Scott Frantz and left guard Tyler Mitchell, both redshirt freshmen, protect his blind side. K-State will devise a solid plan to slow McCaffrey, but he’ll get loose a time or two as the Cardinal avoid another Week 1 debacle to win 35-17.

Lombardi: This might be the most talent Stanford has ever had at the skill positions and in the secondary. Can the Cardinal match that with sturdiness at quarterback and in the trenches? brobdingnagian questions such as this make Week 1 the wild card that it is, but expect the Cardinal to roll at home 41-24.

http://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id...nsas-state

[pcgoode]

ESPN's take:

Sherman: Ertz is a promising talent, and he’ll have good days in 2016. I’m just not expecting to see one of them Friday night, especially as left tackle Scott Frantz and left guard Tyler Mitchell, both redshirt freshmen, protect his blind side. K-State will devise a solid plan to slow McCaffrey, but he’ll get loose a time or two as the Cardinal avoid another Week 1 debacle to win 35-17.

Lombardi: This might be the most talent Stanford has ever had at the skill positions and in the secondary. Can the Cardinal match that with sturdiness at quarterback and in the trenches? brobdingnagian questions such as this make Week 1 the wild card that it is, but expect the Cardinal to roll at home 41-24.

http://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id...nsas-state